Wellness brand Natreve recently announced the launch of its animal-free whey protein powder, which says it will come to market in 2022.

Subsequently, Perfect Day’s own brand, Brave Robot, followed shortly after with pints sold at grocery stores and on its website. In 2020, Smitten Ice Cream became the first company to use animal-free dairy from Perfect Day in a commercial product. Perfect Day’s patented animal-free dairy proteins use a fermentation process rather than the traditional animal-required way, which is extracting from bovine milk. But food tech startup Perfect Day and its growing list of brands and brand partners might just be on the verge of ushering in an animal-free-dairy renaissance. “Animal-free dairy” sounds like an oxymoron. Read on to uncover some of the biggest plant-based and related food-tech trends you will see this year. The availability of meat doppelgangers made to satisfy those who don’t want to give up foods they know and love. An evolving dining scene that puts more plants - and less meat - on the menu. Emerging food tech startups backed my powerhouse investors. There is a coalescence of factors contributing to the plant-based boom.

And 2022 may be the greatest year yet to prove this to be true. We’re in the midst of a food evolution - and a food revolution - as more people seek out plant-based foods and products.Īs vegan and related novel alternatives get better in taste, become more affordable, and have greater availability, a future of food that doesn’t rely on animals and environmentally-destructive factory farming seems more attainable each year.

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